On Tue, 10 Mar 2020 10:22:58 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

> Some people actually make step UP buck converters for single cell LIPO
> but they may be more expensive
>
> https://www.dimensionengineering.com/products/lvboost
>
> But TBH running with two cell LIPO packs is pretty good - they are
> cheap, available and reliable. And they don't stress even an analogue
> regulator on a heatsink too hard.
>
Yes I was thinking I'd go that way even though a decent balancing LiPo
charger isn't necessarily cheap, it would get other uses: I'm thinking of
having a crack at free flight scale models of early jets with EDF in the
nacelles - think He 162, ME 262 or a Canberra. I know Ivan Taylor well
and have seen his earlier EDF models fly, though I haven't seen his TSR2
yet.

However, the Pimoroni PowerBoost 1000 Charger is exactly what I want.


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